Galapagos Species Database

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Desmacella vestibularis (Wilson, 1904)

Esponja, Sponge

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Porifera

Class
Demospongiae

Order
Desmacellida

Family
Desmacellidae

Genus
Desmacella

Species
vestibularis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Tylodesma vestibularis Wilson, 1904 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: West Pacific lower Bathyal Province and Eastern Galapagos Island (Horton et al., 2021).

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Wilson, H.V. (1904) The sponges. Reports on an Exploration off the West Coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross' during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.S., commanding. XXX. The Sponges. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 30(1): 1-164, pls. 1-26. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91612

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"Galapagos Species Database, Desmacella vestibularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9207. Accessed 31 October 2026.